Garment container



v1951 c. D. FALLERT 2,561,053

' GARMENT CONTAINER Filed June 11. 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 2;

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Again/aw Hi5 ATTORNEYS.

July 17, 1951 2,561,053

C. D. FALLERT GARMENT CONTAINER Filed June 11, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented July 17. 1951 GARMENT CONTAINER Clifford D. Fallcrt, St. Louis,Mo., assignor to Gaylord Container Corporation, St. Louis Mo., a

corporation of Maryland Application June 11, 1949, Serial N 0. 98,450

9 Claims. 1

This invention relates to garment containers, particularly relativelytall four-sided garment shipping and/or storage containers of the kindhaving means for suspending a plurality of garment supporting hangerstherein.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive one-piece, folded-blank paperboard container of the abovetype having top forming portions that provide a strong and rigid supportfor a large'number of garment supporting hangers.

The invention consists in providing the upper ends of two opposite sidewalls of said container with flaps that incline upwardly toward eachother and meet at their'upper ends to form a gable top and are providedat their meeting ends with depending flanges that extend from one to theother of the two other side walls of said container in flatwise contactwith each other and are provided with a longitudinal row of registeringholes for receiving and supporting the suspension hooks of the garmentsupporting hangers. The invention also consists in providing the twoother opposite side walls of the container with gabled upper endportions having pairs of tabs at their upper edges thatstiffen saidedges and extend inwardly beneath the roof flaps and afford supporttherefor. The invention also consists in the container and the blanktherefor and in the parts and combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a garment container embodying myinvention,

Fig. 2 isa view similar to Fig. 1 showing the access doors in openposition and the upper portion of the container broken away,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the container with portions of the slopingtop flaps shown broken away,

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the top forming flapsbefore they are folded into operative position; and

Fig. "l is a plan view of the blank from which the container is formed.

My one-piece, folded-blank paperboard garment container comprises frontand back wall panels I and two side wall panels 2, the back side wallpanel being connected to one of the side wall panels at one of the rearvertical corners of the container by means of a strip of adhesive tape3. Each of the front and back panels I has a gabled upper end portion 4with a pair of tabs 5 each extending inwardly from one of the slopingupper edges of said portion just short of the peak or apex thereof. Thefront panel is provided just below the gabled upper end 4 thereof withtwo doors 6 through which access may be had to the interior of thecontainer. The doors 6 are hinged along the vertical side edges of thefront panel for horizontal swinging movement into and out of the planethereof, the free vertical edges of the doors meeting in the closedposition thereof.-

The two side panels 2 have flaps I at the upper ends thereof thatincline inwardly and upwardly toward each other and meet along a lineextending from peak to peak of thegabled upper end portion 4 of the twoopposite side panels to form a gabled top for the container. The slopingtop forming flaps I are supported on the inturned tabs 5 at the upperedges of the gabled portions 4 at the front and back panels I. The upperor meeting margins of the inclined top flaps or panels I of the two sidepanels 2 are formed with downturned vertical flanges 8 which aredisposed in juxtaposition. These contacting ridge flanges 8 haveregistering holes 9 extending therethrough and spaced apartlongitudinally thereof, each of these holes being adapted to receive andsupport the suspension hooks I 0a of one or more garment supportinghangers ID. The front and back panels I and the two side panels 2 haveclosure flaps II at their lower ends which are folded inwardly intooverlapping relatlon in well known manner and are secured together inany suitable way, as by means of adhesive to form the bottom of thecontainer.

As shown in Fig. 7; the above container is made from a cut and scoredone-piece rectangular blank A. The blank is scored along three parallellines :2 to define the front and back panels I and the two side panels2. The upper end portion of each of the front and back panels I isscored, as at I3, at reverse oblique angles to define the gabled upperend portion 4 thereof and is cut to form the tabs 5 of said portion. Theupper end of each of the side wall panels! is scored crosswise, as atI4, to define the top flap or panel I thereof and this panel is scored,as at I5, along its free marginv to define the ridge flange 8 thereof.The front panel has two spaced 3 arallel cross slits l6 thereinconnected by a central longitudinal slit l1, these slits forming the twoswinging doors 6 in said front panel. The lower margin of the blank isslit, as at l8, along the score line 12 and scored, as at 19,

across the inner ends of said slits to define the 1 bottom closure flapsI I.

As shown in the drawings, the joint between the flanged ridge ends ofthe roof panels I is covered and sealed by a strip of adhesive tape 2 l,the joints between the top panels and the gabled upper ends of the sidepanels are covered and sealed by strips of adhesive tape 20; and thedoors 6 are sealed shut by strips of adhesive tape 22.

The hereinbefore described garment storage container is made entirelyfrom a simple and inexpensive easily foldable one-piece blank. Thegabled top of the container is of neat and pleasing appearance and thedepending ridge flaps of said top cooperate to provide a strong andrigid support for suspending a large number of garment supportinghangers in the container. The inturned tabs along the upper edges of thegabled portions of the. front and back panels stifien said edges andalso provide some support for the top panels; and said tabs also preventseparation of the contacting ridge flanges of said top panels. Thesealed joints of the container render it dustproof and pilferproof. 1

What I claim is:

l. A one-piece folded-blank garment container having two opposite sidewalls provided at their upper ends with flaps that slope inwardly andupwardly toward each other into abutting relation to form a gabled top,said flaps having downwardly depending flanges along their meeting edgesadapted to support a plurality of hangers.

2. A one-piece four-sided folded-blank garment container, two oppositeside walls of which are provided at their upper ends with flaps thatincline inwardly and upwardly toward each other into abutting relationto form a gabled top for said container, said flaps having downwardlydepending flanges along their meeting edges adapted to support aplurality of hangers, the two other opposite side walls of saidcontainer having their upper end portions gabled to fit said gabled top.

3. A one-piece four-sided folded-blank garment container, two oppositeside walls of which are provided at their upper ends with flaps thatincline inwardly and upwardly toward each other into abutting relationto form a gabled top for said container, said flaps having dependingflanges along their meeting edges adapted to support a plurality ofhangers, the two other opposite side walls of said container havingtheir upper end portions gabled to fit said gabled top, said gabledupper end portions of said two other opposite side walls having tabsextending inwardly from the upper edges thereof beneath and insupporting relation to said upwardly inclined top forming flaps.

4. A one-piece four-sided folded-blank garment container, two oppositeside walls of which are provided at their upper ends with flaps thatincline inwardly and upwardly toward each other into abutting relationto form a gabled top for said container, said flaps having dependingflanges. along their meeting edges adapted to support a plurality ofhangers, the two other opposite side walls of said container havingtheir upper end portions gabled to fit said gabled top. said gabledupper end portions of said two other opposite side walls having tabsextending inwardly from the upper edges thereof beneath and insupporting relation to said upwardly inclined top forming flaps, 'therebeing one of said tabs disposed on each side of said flanges at each endthereof.

5. A four-sided one-piece folded blank garment container, two oppositeside walls of which are provided at their upper ends with flaps thatincline inwardly and upwardly toward each other into abutting relationto form a gabled top for said container, said flaps having dependingflanges along their meeting edges, said flanges having longitudinal rowsof alined holes therethrough adapted to support a plurality of garmentsupporting hangers, the two other opposite side walls of said containerhaving their upper end portions gabled in conformity with said gabledtop, said gabled upper end portions of said two other opposite sidewalls having tabs extending inwardly from the upper edges thereofbeneath and in supporting relation to said inclined top fiaps anddisposed close to and on opposite sides of said flanges.

6. A storage container comprising connected together walls and a bottomto form an enclosure, a closable access opening in one of the. 7 saidwalls, a gabled top for the container, the

' gabled top comprising a pair of elongated oppositely inclinedflapswhich serve to completely close the end of the container and atleast one of the flaps having a substantially coextensive integralflange that depends from its apex into the container, and the saidflange acting as a supporting means for articles that are to besuspended therefrom within the container.

7. A storage container as defined in and by claim 6 wherein each of thegable flaps has a depended flange integral therewith, and the saidflanges being substantially coextensive in length with the flaps.

8. A storage container as defined in and by claim 7 wherein the gabletop structure of the REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in'the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Arneson Apr. 4, 194* Number

